Worldview & Strategic Living

Course Structure

Strategic Life Training is a two-year course that involves both an annual conference component (SLT Intensive) as well as a ten-month curriculum and mentoring component that is based in a small group setting. Click Here to visit our media center and download the free sample teaching The Mind Justifies What the Heart Has Chosen.

The Intensive
In the United States, each of the two years of the course begins with a conference called "The Intensive." The goal of the Intensive is to inspire and envision students and facilitators, and to lay a foundation that will help prepare them for the curriculum and mentoring component that will follow throughout the year. The Intensive is mandatory for all those who want to participate in Strategic Life Training that year and often coincides with our annual Transforum Event.

Curriculum & Mentoring
This component of the course is based in the local church. Following the Intensive, students work through a 32-lesson curriculum that is spread throughout the year. Each lesson involves listening to an audio lesson and completing a written assignment. Students participating in the curriculum component of the course are required to work with a facilitator with whom they will meet on a regular basis.

In addition to completing the curriculum lessons students are required to complete a service project and an essay designed to help them apply what they are learning. Students will need to set aside between 3-5 hours a week during the 32-week term to successfully complete the course.

Facilitator-Based

The relational model is critical to the success of the course. Our desire to see students work with a facilitator is based in our conviction that genuine transformation in a person's life takes place in the context of spiritual relationships with other men and women. The role of the facilitator is to encourage and challenge the students as they work through the material. Facilitators are graduates of the course themselves and are in close relationship with our ministry.

Ministry-Focused

Our desire is to help students discover the work that God has called them to and challenge them to begin the process of training that will see them enabled for effective service in this area. The curriculum and mentoring component of the course is based in the local church so as to encourage students in this process without removing them from the people and situations in which they are called to serve.

Relationally-Grounded

We are committed to community and firmly believe that God builds relationally by joining the hearts of men and women. We sow into a sense of community at the yearly Intensive where students come to learn, be inspired and encouraged, and to enjoy interaction with other men and women who share their heart and vision for the purposes of God in their generation. In addition, we have a growing alumni who continue to build with us and serve the vision of the course.

For more information, contact the SLT Program Administrator at SLT@gostrategic.org

Events

SLT hosts and recommends a variety of events throughout the year to provide training, networking, and a chance to engage in changing the culture.

Resources

Our parent ministry, Strategic Christian Services, provides a variety of resources and events for those wanting to bring transformation.

Graduates

Graduates of the course have unique opportunites for networking and further training, as a resulf of their graduate status.